US Open Cup Fever: Catch It!
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by user Djwalker
The 92nd edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup heated up this week, with mucho matches, including a compelling match between my very own FC Dallas and USL upstarts, Charleston Battery. The Hoops had to go two overtimes and penalty kicks to disconnect the Battery (get it? HA!). As usual there wasn't much going on in terms of televised matches, but the Battery offered a one-off PPV webcast for only five bucks. Check it out at charlestonbattery.com, where the replay is available for the same price.
It’s actually a little humiliating for the FC Dallas franchise that a 2nd division team is outdoing them in Cup coverage.
If you’re not hip to the whole Open Cup concept, there’s a good overview at Wikipedia, and a really good thread over at BigSoccer about favorite USOC memories (the original post was written by one of the great men in American Soccer, Peter Wilt).
It bugs me every year that this great old tournament doesn’t get the coverage it deserves. However it seems things are slowly but surely getting better. Fox Soccer Channel has signed on to show the final and press coverage is growing. My hope is that in my lifetime it will be an important American sporting event on par with the U.S. Open (tennis and golf versions).
Get on board and bug your local team as well as your local media outlets to get on board as well.
Date
Fri 08/04/06, 8:41 am EST
